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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by cpursley on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @09:39AM (#23390857)
> Maybe if those of us begging to be heard were allowed to speak, and scream and chant, it would inspire more people to unite, organize and vote.

You can. As far as I know, the US is still a democratic country with elections.

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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by untog on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:15AM (#23391219)
Is it even worth going through the ways in which US democracy is broken? From the electoral system itself all the way down to extremely obvious voter suppression efforts (often specifically targeting black people), you really can't be too surprised that people do not feel that their voices are being heard.
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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by cpursley on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:11AM (#23391852)
It's not perfect so the solution is to just burn it all down?
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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by untog on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @11:13AM (#23391874)
Why do you think the people protesting want to burn down the entirety of US democracy? Nothing I have seen would suggest that.
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